伎俩
jì​liǎng

trick

伎 jì, zhì, qí talent

A man 亻 who can support 支 someone

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person
支
支 Meaning component
zhī support, hold up

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartgjeX[ɡ]reʔskill
Zhengzhangkjes
ɡe
ɡreʔ

說文解字

與也。从人支聲。《詩》曰：“𥷤人伎忒。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

俩 liǎ two Simplified

Simplified form of 倆. Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 两 represents the sound.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

两
两 SoundMeaning component
liǎng two

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

倆 liǎ two Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 兩 represents the sound.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

兩
兩 SoundMeaning component
liǎng two

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangraŋʔ

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica